Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
TELEVISION
Actor Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do) will star as bounty hunter Jonah Hex on the new CW series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. (Laura Prudom at Variety)
Actor Mark Consuelos (Kingdom) has landed a recurring role on the upcoming USA Network drama Queen Of The South that is based on the best-selling book by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It tells the story of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga), who, when her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico, is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America, where she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. He will play Teo Aljarafe, a lawyer hired to organize financial affairs. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actress Jennifer Beals (Proof) has landed a major recurring role on NBC’s medical drama The Night Shift, playing Dr. Syd Jennings, a Major in the Army, who worked with the Culture Support Teams (CST) in conjunction with Ranger and Special Forces units in addition to her medical duties. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Harold Perrineau (Lost) and Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs) [among others] will star alongside Dougray Scott (Ever After), Kim Raver (24) and Mariana Klaveno (Devious Maids) in the third season of DirecTV’s anthology drama Full Circle: Miami that revolves around a dramatic political conspiracy that unfolds inside a posh Miami hotel. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actress Meagan Good (Minority Report) has landed a recurring role on Code Black, playing Dr. Grace Adams, the ex-flame of Neal (series regular Raza Jaffrey) and a fearless and ambitious attending physician who recently returned to Angels Memorial after volunteering a year of humanitarian work in Haiti. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actor Brandon Jay McLaren (Graceland) has landed a recurring role on Chicago Fire, playing a former gangbanger-turned-politician. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actor Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) will have a recurring role on Devious Maids, playing Kyle, a sweet, fun, and impossibly sexy new neighbor. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actress Olga Fonda (Agent X) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0, playing Anna Novik, a spy who uses deadly tactics to obtain important stolen intel. (Andy Swift at TV Line)
STREAMING TV
Netflix has picked up the 10-episode series called Altered Carbon that is based on the 2002 book of the same name that is set in the 25th century, focusing on the human mind being digitized and the soul being transferable from one body to the next. (Elizabeth Wagmeister at Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Robbie Amell (The Flash and The Tomorrow People) and Rachael Taylor (Marvel’s Jessica Jones) have joined the cast of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Arq. The film is set in a near future where all the oil has run out. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)
Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Question: I’ve been a longtime fan of yours and I’m dying for Arrow scoop. —Lisa
Ausiello: When Nyssa returns on Feb. 3, the League member “is going to take on Malcolm in a really ambitious and full-scale way, and she’s going to be asking Oliver to do some pretty dark things,” previews EP Wendy Mericle, who adds that the topic of Nyssa’s onetime lover Sara’s recent resurrection won’t come up in the “gangbusters” episode — partly because “she is off time traveling on Legends [of Tomorrow]!”
Question: I love Once Upon a Time and I’d love any scoop about Milah’s return. —Audrey
Ausiello: Being the dearly departed ex of both Rumple and Hook, Milah “has a big connection to two of our main characters,” co-creator Eddy Kitsis reminds. As for how she folds into the heroes’ trip to the Underworld, “We don’t want to spoil anything, but… wouldn’t it be weird if she met Emma? She and Emma might be an awkward meeting.” Just as fun is the prospect of long-dead Milah getting the 411 on the fantastically twisted family tree that branched off of her. Hints co-creator Adam Horowitz, “I love the idea of Milah learning just how she is connected to all our characters!”
Question: What can you tell me about Riff, the new guy on Nashville? —Trish
Ausiello: Portrayer Steve Kazee tells us that his former-country-star character is old friends with Luke Wheeler, who “pulls me out of retirement.” So does that mean he’s Wheelin’ Dealin’ Records’ newest artist? “I don’t know about that,” Kazee says. “We’ll have to wait and see how that goes.”
Question: Any scoop on the identity of Zoom on The Flash? —Katy
Ausiello: Now that Zoom is in cahoots with Harry and has someone to talk to, more info about the Big Bad will come to light. “We get a little bit more of his personality,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg previews, “and a little bit more about what he wants and why he wants it. All that is going to come to a, hopefully, very exciting head.”
Question: Is the business with the male clones pretty much over with on Orphan Black? —LaShawna
Ausiello: Even though Rudy and several of his brothers died, executive producer Graeme Manson warns, “We’re not finished with our male clones. Mark’s still out there, and Ari Millen’s still in the cast for Season 4, I guarantee.” And with the last surviving Castor clone (that we know of) having earned Sarah’s trust, the question becomes, “If we can find our own cure, can we cure Mark? Is that a possibility for next season? Is Mark the one brother who’s earned the right to call himself a brother?”
That’s it. Enjoy!
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